How common is the surname Balling?

1,049 people in the United States had the surname Balling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. It ranked 24,031st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Balling?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Balling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Balling getting more or less common?

More common. 686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,049 in 2010, up 53%.

The surname Balling

A surname, carried by 1,049 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balling is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,049 people named Balling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 686.

#24,031

rank among US surnames

1,049

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+52.9%

change since 2000 (was #31,817)

Who is named Balling

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Balling identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Balling

Balling has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Questions

How common is the surname Balling?: 1,049 people in the United States had the surname Balling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,324 Americans. It ranked 24,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balling?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Balling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Balling getting more or less common?: More common. 686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,049 in 2010, up 53%.